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The Indiana University Indianapolis Philosophy Department is proud to announce the publication of Dr. Kahn’s most recent book, Problem-Based Ethics. As noted on the Rowman and Littlefield website, as a broad critique and invitation to reframe the study of ethics, Problem-Based Ethics welcomes scholars and students across disciplines to engage with ethics as a way …

The Indiana University Philosophy Department is proud to announce the release of Dr. Timothy Lyons’ recent book, Scientific Realism, published with Cambridge University Press. The scientific realism debate directly addresses the relation between human thought and the reality in which it finds itself. A core question: can we justifiably believe that science accurately describes the …

IU Indianapolis Professor Erik Saak’s latest work, Confessions of a Heretic. Volume One: Philosophical Considerations, is written for all those who have struggled with the concept of God. It is the first of a planned three-volume systematic theology. It seeks to answer the question of how can one believe in God when horrible things happen, …

IU Indianapolis Religious Studies Professor Kelly E. Hayes has been appointed a Permanent Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. Hayes will join an international group of researchers studying esoteric religions from a global perspective. Her project, “The Valley of the Dawn: A …

Indy Toxic Heritage: Pollution, Place, and Power – Exhibit is now open in the stunning lobby of the Holliday Park Nature Center, January 25- March 29, 2025. The exhibit explores how environmental harm and advocacy for justice are part of our citywide past, present, and future. With support from the Bantz Community Fellowship and IN …

ScholarGPS, which is “the world’s most comprehensive scholarly analytics platform,” just released their 2024 “Highly Ranked Scholars” list for the prior 5 years in sociology. Andrew Whitehead, professor of sociology and director of the Association of Religion Data Archives at IU Indianapolis, is ranked #7 globally out of over 45,000 scholars ranked in sociology in …

Professor Edward Curtis has added another documentary to his list of film credits, which include The Great Muslim American Road Trip and the Emmy award-winning Arab Indianapolis. Curtis, director of the Arabic and Islamic studies minor and the William M. and Gail M. Plater Chair of the Liberal Arts at IU Indianapolis, recently served as …

Drs. Kenzie Mintus and Scott Landes (Syracuse University) won an Emerald Literati Award for Outstanding Author Contribution for their chapter “Integrating the Social and Political Dimensions of Disability Into Life Course Theory.” According to the the Emerald Literati website, the Outstanding Contributions award recognizes “authors who have contributed something new and significant to their area …

IU Indianapolis Professor of History Xin Zhang was awarded the CHUS Academic Excellence Book Award from the Chinese Historians in the U.S. (Jan. 2024) for his book titled The Global in the Local: A Century of War, Commerce, and Technology (Cambridge: Harvard University Press 2023). The traditional Chinese version of this book has now been …

Four books by three IU School of Liberal Arts in Indianapolis faculty members were named to the 2024 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards shortlists. Edward E. Curtis, William M. and Gail M. Plater Chair of the Liberal Arts and Professor of World Languages & Cultures, had two books on the nonfiction shortlist: Muslims …